[20/20 Hindsight] 4-1 Sanctioned Vintage Metagame Breakdown

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Taking aside the decklists from our last tournament, I crunched the numbers to see exactly what the metagame looked like.

16 people entered the April Fool’s Day Sanctioned Type 1 Tournament, 

Aggro-Control
Joe Schultz Meandeck Oath
Josh Bayer UGB Madness
Todd Otto RG Beatz
Chadd Aspseter UG Madness
Jake Hustad Hulk Smash!
Kyle Clemins UBW Landstill
Patrick York UW Landstill
Adam Boese URB Echoing Iso-Togavolver Blast
Chris Lehman Welding Goggles

Control
Matt Hannafin Control Titan

Combo
Josh Curron Ghoul Reanimator
Tony Higley Ghoulnought

Aggro
George Andrews Bombs over Eau Claire
Tim Kline BG Reanimadness
Nick Kinney Food Chain Goblins
Jordan Johnson Piledriver Sligh

According to the decklists that were registered at the beginning of the tournament, there was 1 illegal decklists entered.

Joe Schultz 59 card main deck (Top 8 )

On to the color breakdown. Every tournament I will be posting the cards used by everyone there, divided first by Restriction, then by artifacts, the 5 colors, gold/split cards, non-basic land, and finally basic land. Sideboard cards are denoted by parentheses.

Restricted List
Sol Ring 11
Strip Mine 10
Lotus Petal 9
Demonic Tutor 7
Mox Diamond 6
Mana Crypt 5
Mox Emerald 5
Ancestral Recall 4
Chrome Mox 4
Mind Twist 4
Mox Sapphire 4
Mystical Tutor 4
Crop Rotation 3
(Fact or Fiction 3)
Library of Alexandria 3
Mox Jet 3
Mox Ruby 3
Vampiric Tutor 3
Balance 2
Black Lotus 2
Entomb 2
Gush 2
Mana Vault 2
Time Walk 2
Tinker 2
Yawgmoth’s Will 2
Fact or Fiction 1
Mox Pearl 1
Necropotence 1
Tolarian Academy 1
(Vampiric Tutor 1)
Wheel of Fortune 1
(Wheel of Fortune 1)
Windfall 1
(Windfall 1)

Artifacts
(Null Rod 16)
(Tormod’s Crypt 9)
Isochron Scepter 7
(Chalice of the Void 6)
Chalice of the Void 4
Illusionary Mask 4
Phyrexian Dreadnought 4
Sundering Titan 4
(Ankh of Mishra 3)
Crucible of Worlds 3
Distorting Lens 3
(Ensnaring Bridge 3)
(Claws of Gix 2)
Duplicant 2
Nevinyrral’s Desk 2
(Phyrexian Furnace 2)
Platinum Angel 2
Skullclamp 2
Tormod’s Crypt 2
Triskelion 2
Darksteel Colossus 1
Engineered Explosives 1
(Memnarch 1)
Mindslaver 1
(Platinum Angel 1)
(Triskelion 1)

Blue
Brainstorm 35
Force of Will 32
Mana Drain 15
Deep Analysis 13
(Stifle 13)
Mana Leak 10
Cunning Wish 9
Accumulated Knowledge 8
Circular Logic 8
Intuition 8
Standstill 8
(Blue Elemental Blast 7)
Thirst for Knowledge 7
(Gilded Drake 6)
(Energy Flux 5)
Blue Elemental Blast 4
Careful Study 4
Counterspell 4
(Disrupt 4)
Impulse 4
Stifle 4
Wonder 4
Aquamoeba 3
(Arcane Laboratory 3)
Cetavolver 3
Echoing Truth 3
(Propaganda 3)
(Bribery 2)
(Dominating Licid 2)
(Chain of Vapor 1)
(Echoing Truth 1)
Misdirection 1
Morphling 1
(Rushing River 1)

Red
(Red Elemental Blast 22)
Lightning Bolt 16
Incinerate 10
(Pyroblast 10)
Chain Lightning 8
Goblin Lackey 8
Goblin Piledriver 8
Mogg Fanatic 8
Blood Moon 7
Goblin Grenade 6
Goblin Warchief 6
Siege-Gang Commander 6
Fireblast 4
(Goblin Vandal 4)
Goblin Welder 4
Kird Ape 4
Lava Spike 4
Pyrostatic Pillar 4
Raging Goblin 4
Reckless Charge 4
Red Elemental Blast 4
Shrapnel Blast 4
Dragon Breath 3
Goblin Recruiter 3
Goblin Ringleader 3
Gorilla Shaman 3
(Gorilla Shaman 3)
(Meltdown 3)
Price of Progress 3
(Rack and Ruin 3)
Rakavolver 3
Squee, Goblin Nabob 3
(Blood Moon 2)
Goblin Sharpshooter 2
(Pyrokinesis 2)
Skirk Prospector 2
(Spark Elemental 2)
Anger 1
(Boil 1)
Cosmic Larva 1
(Firestorm 1)
(Goblin Goon 1)
Rorix Bladewing 1

Green
Basking Rootwalla 16
Wild Mongrel 15
Arrogant Wurm 12
(Naturalize 9)
Ground Seal 8
Hermit Druid 7
Naturalize 7
(Root Maze 6)
(Xantid Swarm 6)
(Ground Seal 5)
(Oxidize 5)
Oath of Druids 4
River Boa 4
Roar of the Wurm 4
Root Maze 4
Elvish Spirit Guide 3
Food Chain 3
Krosan Reclamation 3
Moment’s Peace 3
(Quirion Dryad 3)
(Berserk 2)
(Call of the Herd 2)
(City of Solitude 2)
Mirri’s Guile 2
Rancor 2
Troll Ascetic 2
Gaea’s Blessing 1
Verdant Force 1

Black
Duress 15
Animate Dead 8
Dark Ritual 7
Exhume 6
Reanimate 6
Cabal Therapy 5
(Diabolic Edict 4)
Necromancy 4
(Planar Void 3)
Sutured Ghoul 3
(Dance of the Dead 2)
(Engineered Plague 2)
(Ghastly Demise 2)
Night’s Whisper 2
Avatar of Woe 1
(Coffin Purge 1)
(Skeletal Scrying 1)
Spirit of the Night 1
Visara the Dreadful 1

White
Swords to Plowshares 5
Decree of Justice 4
(Ray of Revelation 4)
(Swords to Plowshares 3)
Akroma, Angel of Wrath 2
Exalted Angel 2
(Decree of Justice 1)
(Disenchant 1)
(Dismantling Blow 1)
(Pristine Angel 1)

Gold and Split cards
Psychatog 7
Fire/Ice 6
Artifact Mutation 5
(Pernicious Deed 5)
(Psychatog 4)
(Artifact Mutation 3)
(Delirium 3)
Lim-Dul’s Vault 3
Razorfin Hunter 2
Shadowmage Infiltrator 2
(Fire/Ice 1)
Iridescent Angel 1
(Iridescent Angel 1)
Pernicious Deed 1

Non-basic Land
Wasteland 23
Tropical Island 20
Polluted Delta 17
Underground Sea 16
Flooded Strand 14
Taiga 12
Wooded Foothills 12
Bayou 11
Bazaar of Baghdad 8
Forbidden Orchard 8
Mishra’s Factory 8
Faerie Conclave 7
Volcanic Island 7
Windswept Heath 7
Barbarian Ring 6
City of Brass 6
Great Furnace 4
(Maze of Ith 4)
Mirrodin’s Core 4
Scrubland 4
Treetop Village 4
Riftstone Portal 3
Tundra 3
Bloodstained Mire 2
Underground River 2
Gemstone Mine 1
(Riftstone Portal 1)
Seat of the Synod 1
Shivan Reef 1

Basic Lands
Mountain 30
Island 29
Forest 8
Swamp 4
Plains 3